The sense of the meeting seems to be that hip-hop is a sort of esthetic –

like High Baroque — which can express itself in music, poetry,

architecture, the decorative arts (e.g. graffiti), and so on. Rap is just a

manner of poetic diction, like “Augustan” or “Romantic,” which may not even

be set to music.

Hope that’s right. Now, just to further clarify my understanding, could

someone please point me to an architectural exemplar of the hip-hop

esthetic?